Just look at these languages!
In our selection - the longest, most agile and even the fastest languages!
The language of the chameleon
The language of the chameleon is recognized as the "fastest" in the animal world. Its speed can reach up to 100 km per hour. During the hunt, the chameleon for a long time motionlessly sits on a tree branch and rotates its huge bulging eyes, hunting down prey. Noticing a fly or a grasshopper, he immediately throws out his tongue and grabs the victim, immediately removing the tongue back into his mouth. Thus, this organ appears in all its glory and length only for a fraction of a second, and it is good to consider it only when the picture is slowed down.
In three seconds the chameleon can catch up to 4 insects! Also, the language of this unusual lizard is incredible in size: often its length exceeds the body length of the chameleon.
The language of the blue-tongued skink
A characteristic feature of this "sweet" reptile from Australia is the language of cobalt blue.
The language of the bat from South America
An incredibly long language scientists have discovered in one of the species of bats from Ecuador. With his help, the animal manages to extract nectar from a flower called Centropogon nigricans, which has a very long corolla. Animal and plant as if created specifically for each other. No one else from the realm of animals and insects is able to eat the nectar of this flower!
Giraffe's language
Since the giraffe is the tallest animal of the planet, it is not surprising that the language is one of the longest - up to 50 cm! In addition, this body is remarkable for its extraordinary strength and dexterity. With its help the giraffe easily breaks the leaves from the trees; and the horny layer of the skin, which reliably protects the tongue, allows the animal to feast on the leaves of the acacia, without fear of injuring the sharp thorns of this plant.
Language of the Woodpecker
The woodpecker extracts prey in the following way: first it beaks hollows out holes in the bark of trees, and then digs insects out of these holes with its long and sticky tongue.
The language of the anteater
The long and thin tongue of this animal is similar to a worm and covered with a sticky liquid. In the giant anteater, this organ is even longer than the giraffe and reaches 60 cm! They are an anteater, like a fishing rod, catching ants from an anthill.
The language of okapi
Okapi is a cloven-hoofed animal living in the Congo and similar to a giraffe and a zebra. The language of okapi is so big and long that the animal lickens its eyes!
The language of the snake
With his forked tongue, the snake collects particles from the environment and sends them "for analysis" into the mouth. This procedure allows her to track down prey and anticipate the danger. Language is constantly in motion, constantly supplying the snake with information about what is happening around. Hence the slang expression "to drive with a sting".
Hummingbird language
The language of these miniature birds is folded into a long tube. When the hummingbird puts the tongue in the neck of the flower to drink nectar, its sides straighten, and before returning to the beak they again curl up into the tube.
The tongue of the frog
Froggy language is well suited for catching insects. A frog can throw it forward a few centimeters and cover it with its prey, and so that the victim can not get out, it is also covered with a sticky substance.
The tongue of a fly
The role of the tongue in the fly is performed by the proboscis, which at the end is divided into two ducts. Through them an insect sucks food.
The language of the Malay Bear (Biruanga)
The Malay bear, which lives in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, the language is long and thin. With his help, this cute bear extracts from his hard-to-find corners of his favorite termites.